Apprentice Plant Engineer
CLEE HILL PLANT LIMITED
Andover (SP10 3TJ)
Closes in 24 days (Monday 30 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 2 June 2025
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Summary
We would like to invite you to come and join us in this exciting opportunity. We have supplied plant and equipment hire services to customers for over 55 years and maintain and repair a wide variety of machines. Yes, that’s right over 2,500! So, if you have a keen interest in plant machinery and love to get your hands dirty, please apply.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Land-based service engineer (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 7 August 2025
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
The role will involve undertaking service and maintenance tasks under the direct supervision of an experienced mentor commensurate with experience and level of training. You will gain experience with a dedicated mentor who will help build up your knowledge on electrics, hydraulics, engines and systems. You will be working on a variety of Plant Machinery such as JCB's to Bomag Rollers.
Where you'll work
Unit 3 Mitchell Close
West Portway Industrial Estate
Andover
SP10 3TJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
WILTSHIRE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CENTRE
Your training course
Land-based service engineer (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Prepare and reinstate the work area for land-based engineering activities.
- Clean land-based machinery and equipment.
- Select and use PPE, tools and equipment required to undertake land-based engineering activities.
- Prepare land-based prime-movers, machinery and equipment for service, maintenance and repair activities.
- Prepare parts, components and sub-assemblies prior to reassembly, including inspecting, cleaning, refurbishing, sharpening, resealing, straightening, and balancing.
- Refit and re-assemble parts, components and sub-assemblies, ensuring their compatibility and relationship including timing and alignment.
- Select the appropriate lifting, supporting and securing equipment.
- Apply thermal bonding and separation methods to join, fabricate and repair materials and components.
- Complete organisational documentation and reports.
- Carry out work in compliance with legislative and organisational requirements.
- Lift, support and secure loads, land-based machinery, equipment and assemblies.
- Setup land-based prime movers, machinery and equipment to meet customer requirements.
- Connect, attach and fit land-based machinery equipment to prime movers.
- Service and maintain land-based prime-movers, machinery and equipment to manufacturer’s recommendations.
- Adopt safe working practices that ensure personal safety and the safety of others and the environment.
- Conduct static and basic operational inspections and check compliance with legislative safety requirements and system tests to establish actions to be taken.
- Interrogate control systems to view error codes, reset indicators and verify software updates.
- Carry out checks and tests to ensure prime-movers, machinery and equipment meet manufacturers specifications before and after repair.
- Identify and follow technical documentation and perform hydraulic or electrical repair activities on land-based machinery.
- Perform transmission or engine repair activities on land-based machinery.
- Record and interpret technical information relating to land-based service, maintenance and repair operations.
- Apply the principles of customer care when dealing with internal and external customers relevant to own role.
- Maintain service and warranty records, record data and report findings to stakeholders.
- Carry out pre delivery inspections and conduct assembly as required on land-based equipment and prime movers.
- Check settings and make adjustments on land-based equipment to meet customer requirements.
- Carry out land-based machinery inspections.
- Prepare and reinstate the work area for land-based engineering activities.
- Clean land-based machinery and equipment.
- Select and use PPE, tools and equipment required to undertake land-based engineering activities.
- Prepare land-based prime-movers, machinery and equipment for service, maintenance and repair activities.
- Prepare parts, components and sub-assemblies prior to reassembly, including inspecting, cleaning, refurbishing, sharpening, resealing, straightening, and balancing.
- Refit and re-assemble parts, components and sub-assemblies, ensuring their compatibility and relationship including timing and alignment.
- Select the appropriate lifting, supporting and securing equipment.
- Apply thermal bonding and separation methods to join, fabricate and repair materials and components.
- Complete organisational documentation and reports.
- Carry out work in compliance with legislative and organisational requirements.
- Lift, support and secure loads, land-based machinery, equipment and assemblies.
- Setup land-based prime movers, machinery and equipment to meet customer requirements.
- Connect, attach and fit land-based machinery equipment to prime movers.
- Service and maintain land-based prime-movers, machinery and equipment to manufacturer’s recommendations.
- Adopt safe working practices that ensure personal safety and the safety of others and the environment.
- Conduct static and basic operational inspections and check compliance with legislative safety requirements and system tests to establish actions to be taken.
- Interrogate control systems to view error codes, reset indicators and verify software updates.
- Carry out checks and tests to ensure prime-movers, machinery and equipment meet manufacturers specifications before and after repair.
- Identify and follow technical documentation and perform hydraulic or electrical repair activities on land-based machinery.
- Perform transmission or engine repair activities on land-based machinery.
- Record and interpret technical information relating to land-based service, maintenance and repair operations.
- Apply the principles of customer care when dealing with internal and external customers relevant to own role.
- Maintain service and warranty records, record data and report findings to stakeholders.
- Carry out pre delivery inspections and conduct assembly as required on land-based equipment and prime movers.
- Check settings and make adjustments on land-based equipment to meet customer requirements.
- Carry out land-based machinery inspections.
Your training plan
You will be working towards your Land Based Service Engineer Level 2 which takes 24-months and will then move onto the Land Based Service Technician Level 3 which will take 12-months to complete.
College will be on block release, and you will be required to stay away from home.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English Language (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- Engineering (grade 4)
- IT (grade 4)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
The role will involve working outside in all weathers and lifting heavy objects
About this company
Clee Hill Plant Limited is a leading construction plant hire company and the largest compaction and surface dressing hire company in the UK
After this apprenticeship
Once you have completed your apprenticeship you will be required to continue your development programme with the company in order to become a fully qualified Plant Engineer.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CLEE HILL PLANT LIMITED
Gavin Kirk
gavin.kirk@cleehill.co.uk
01246200089
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000323532.
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Closes in 24 days (Monday 30 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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